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Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: I welcome Deputy Barrett to his new position. I wish him well. I also wish Deputy Kenny well and I genuinely mean that. The seconder to the motion referred to a national Government. My interpretation of a national Government is that everybody is included and, therefore, I thought for a moment that the Technical Group had missed a telephone call from Deputy Kenny. However, it is not...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: I will support some of the initiatives and measures contained in the programme for Government. I said last week that if a policy was good, I would acknowledge it as such. If some of the policies and initiatives pursued by the Government are good, I will acknowledge and support them. I agree with the reversal of the cut in the minimum wage, for example. If it had been ignored, it had the...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: I am almost finished. The programme for Government is a rough draft. It does not contain a projected timescale for the abolition of the Seanad or the other promised referendums and reforms. There are no definitive proposals or initiatives. The Taoiseach spoke about a decent and fair society. The well-being of our society is being destroyed because we have done nothing to help those in...

Programme for Government: Motion (15 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: It is not possible at present for me to support the programme for Government.

Situation in Libya: Statements (24 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: I have no truck with despots or dictators who would attempt to enslave their populations but as a neutral country we must be careful when we offer support to military intervention in another country. History should have taught us a lesson in Iraq. Military intervention there resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people at the hands of those who intervened and other...

Regional Technical Colleges (24 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the promise in the Programme for Government to explore a multi-campus technical university in the south east means that full university status will not be delivered; and when progress will be made in this regard [5592/11]

Regional Technical Colleges (24 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: I thank the Minister for his kind words and I wish him well in the tough job he has in the years to come. I am sure he will do this best. Four years ago, the former Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin, appointed Dr. Jim Port to assess the case for university status in the south east. Other prominent individuals and organisations such as SIPTU, Dr. Peter Bacon, South Eastern...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: In recent days, I have found it absolutely nauseating to have had to listen to representatives of Fianna Fáil, which is involved in a so-called rehabilitation and is supposedly on the road to Damascus.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: On the basis of the past record of Fianna Fáil, I do not doubt that it will face another day of reckoning when the Mahon tribunal issues its report in the coming weeks or months. The image of this country, externally and internally, has been damaged and tarnished once again. Whether we like it or not, the public perception is that if one is a multi-millionaire, one can use one's money to...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

John Halligan: Hear, hear.

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (5 Apr 2011)

John Halligan: We sought an honest debate.

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (5 Apr 2011)

John Halligan: That is insulting.

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

John Halligan: Listening to the debate last night and tonight, if an observer closed his eyes and listened to the Government benches, he would think he was back four months listening to Fianna Fáil backbenchers agreeing again to the financing of the banks and another bailout. When the Government was elected, it was at pains to say the people had voted for change, for a new way of doing things and for...

Appointments to State Boards (3 May 2011)

John Halligan: I broadly welcome the proposals the Taoiseach has put forward. In the context of some of the outrageous appointments made by the previous Administration - during the general election campaign and on polling day - and in light of what the Taoiseach said about the competency of people appointed to positions on State boards, does the Government have the power to revoke or cancel such...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (3 May 2011)

John Halligan: I propose to share time with Deputy Clare Daly. Sometimes we are damned with statistics when they are put in front of us but statistics are important on the serious issue of the severity of suicide in Ireland. The latest statistics show we have the highest recorded rate in our history. This amounted to 527 deaths in 2009, representing an increase of over 4%. Anecdotal evidence suggests...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

John Halligan: Withdraw that remark.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

John Halligan: That is an outrageous remark and it should be withdrawn. The man has always opposed terrorists and terrorism anywhere in the world.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

John Halligan: That remark should be withdrawn.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 May 2011)

John Halligan: I seek to move the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss an issue of national importance and concern, namely, the urgent need to support St. Patrick's Hospital, which is the only hospital serving Waterford city and county and Kilkenny that cares for the elderly. I deplore the reduction of the services for 26 highly dependent patients who were being cared for in St. Brigid's. I also reject the...

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 May 2011)

John Halligan: -----by the HSE in Waterford be delivered. The people of Waterford richly deserve it.

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